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ReviewTrends in cancer2025

Genetic immune escape in cancer: timing and implications for treatment.

Francisco Martínez-Jiménez, Diego Chowell

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Dual CDK and MEK Inhibition potentiates CD8Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Francisco Martínez-JiménezSystems Oncology Program, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain; Hartwig Medical Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: fmartinez@vhio.net.
Diego ChowellThe Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Oncological Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: diego.chowell@mssm.edu.

Funding

Immunogenetic determinants of cancer riskR01CA283469 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Diego Chowell, Robert M Samstein · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA283469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic immune escape (GIE) alterations pose a significant challenge in cancer by enabling tumors to evade immune detection. These alterations, which can vary significantly across cancer types, may often arise early in clonal evolution and contribute to malignant transformation. As tumors evolve, GIE alterations are positively selected, allowing immune-resistant clones to proliferate. In addition to genetic changes, the tumor microenvironment (TME) and non-genetic factors such as inflammation, smoking, and environmental exposures play crucial roles in promoting immune evasion. Understanding the timing and mechanisms of GIE, alongside microenvironmental influences, is crucial for improving early detection and developing more effective therapeutic interventions. This review highlights the implications of GIE in cancer development and immunotherapy resistance, and emphasizes the need for integrative approaches.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTumor EscapeAnimalsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansImmunotherapyTime FactorsTumor MicroenvironmentHLAimmune escapeimmunotherapy resistanceprecancertumor evolutiontumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID39632211
PMCPMC11981860

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